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Heart Disease in Women: National Wear Red Day
I’m wearing red today, to mark the tenth anniversary of National Wear Red Day. Established by the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, each year on the first...
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What Women Need to Know About Gynecologic Cancers
Thanks to the Pap test, cervical cancer is no longer the leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. Since it was introduced in the 1940s, the number of cases is down 70 percent and...
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How Bill Nemitz May Have Cheated Colon Cancer
Bill laughs in the face of a colonoscopy Sharing what’s on his mind is what Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz does for a living. Sometimes though, it takes more than words to get people to...
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Health Benefits of Kale
Want to improve your health? Eat kale. I confess that I tried it once and didn’t like it. Turns out it wasn’t cooked properly. Because I recently recommitted to improving my overall health — both...
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What is Mesothelioma?
No doubt you’ve seen commercials about mesothelioma and know that it is usually caused by exposure to asbestos and that there a lots of law firms in the country eager to represent victims. Have you...
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A Streetcar Named Desire: Let’s Talk About Domestic Violence
The play “A Streetcar Named Desire” is full of examples of domestic violence, but when Tennessee Williams wrote it in 1947, domestic violence was not a topic most people discussed, even when it was...
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Earth Day 2013: How to get rid of e-waste
The Atwood family has a hard time getting rid of stuff. We still have our first computer — an iMac Plus. Yes, we are loyal Apple fans. We took our daughters to DC during April vacation back in the 90s...
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DNA Profiling. Not the Criminal Kind
You know how law enforcement agencies often use a database of DNA profiles to identify crime suspects? Well, scientists are also building a DNA database of all the different species of plants and...
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Does Sunscreen Prevent Malignant Melanoma?
I just found out that today is Melanoma Monday — an awareness campaign developed by the American Academy of Dermatology — so decided to update a post I wrote last year about protecting your skin from...
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Christie Cantara: Honorary Red Sox Bat Girl!
“Wally” introduces Christie at the Mother’s Day Red Sox game Christie Cantara celebrated Mother’s Day in a big way. She was the honorary bat girl for the Red Sox! Lindsey Laverriere, a friend of...
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